Peter Burke: Slow social media moderation is ‘endangering’ Irish society
Why social media moderation is under the spotlight Social media companies are “endangering” society by failing to take down content showing dangerous and illegal activity, the Minister for Enterprise has said. Speaking on RTÉ’s This Week on Sunday, Peter Burke said slow social media moderation by the major platforms was “not good enough”, and warned […]
1 week ago
Pictured: Three sisters seriously injured in M9 crash named locally
Three sisters who sustained catastrophic injuries after a stolen BMW crashed into their car on Sunday morning have been named. Niamh and Alma Kinsella, who are in their 30s, are in a critical condition after their car collided with a group of teenagers who were driving the wrong way down the motorway in Co Kildare on Sunday. Their […]
2 weeks ago
Final video posted to M9 teenager on Snapchat shows Garda chase
One video, shared online, carries the caption: “Ur last spin boys. To hear your voices in this boys has me in a pain that can’t be described”. Social media accounts on TikTok and Snapchat have posted the final video posted by one of the five teenage boys killed on the M9, Kamil Pustkowski (17) from […]
2 weeks ago
Gardai to receive pursuit training as boys killed in M9 crash named locally
Gardaí to receive pursuit training following M9 collision that killed five teenage boys. Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has confirmed that gardaí will receive special pursuit training following the M9 crash over the weekend. The Garda Representative Association claim no one in An Garda Síochána had received such pursuit training. Mr O’Callaghan said that legislation […]
2 weeks ago
Researchers afraid that AI clips of violent vegetables ‘could radicalise children’
Researchers worried of the rise in violent AI videos on TikTok Masked as ‘cute’ and ‘Pixar-like’, violent Ai videos of fruit and vegetables are taking over mainstream social media in what researchers are saying have a “radicalising potential” for young people. This is part of a rise of AI generated content of varying fruits and […]
3 weeks ago
Wheatfield Prison videos showing drugs and phones go viral
Wheatfield Prison responds to the videos after going viral Shocking videos appearing to show drugs, phones and contraband inside Dublin’s Wheatfield Prison have gone viral on TikTok, posted by a convicted robber only after he was released. The Irish Mirror has learned a former inmate is suspected of running the account, which surfaced footage filmed […]
3 weeks ago